To amend the tariff bill, H.R 1438, by placing petroleum, crude or refined, on the free list. (p. 129921)

On Apr 9, 1909, the House voted 322–47 (HR 1438). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 157–47, Democrats 166–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 47 members voted against their own party.

During the 61st Congress (1909–1910), William Howard Taft was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 322
No: 47
Did not vote: 32
Date: Apr 9, 1909

By party

Democrats166 yes · 0 no · 14 didn’t vote
Republicans157 yes · 47 no · 18 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Fellows Englebright R-CA voted no
Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA voted no
Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA voted no
Julius Kahn R-CA voted no
Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted no
James Carson Needham R-CA voted no
James Mclachlan R-CA voted no
James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
William Lorimer R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
Joseph Bentley Bennett R-KY voted no
John Wesley Langley R-KY voted no
Don Calvin Edwards R-KY voted no
Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA voted no
John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted no
Horace Olin Young R-MI voted no
John Gaston Grant R-NC voted no
John Emory Andrus R-NY voted no
George Newell Southwick R-NY voted no
De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY voted no
Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY voted no
Herman Philip Goebel R-OH voted no
Ralph Dayton Cole R-OH voted no
Adna Romulus Johnson R-OH voted no
David Adams Hollingsworth R-OH voted no
William Aubrey Thomas R-OH voted no
Charles Edward Creager R-OK voted no
Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA voted no
George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA voted no
Charles Frederick Barclay R-PA voted no
George Franklin Huff R-PA voted no
John Kinley Tener R-PA voted no
Arthur Laban Bates R-PA voted no
Jonathan Nicholas Langham R-PA voted no
Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA voted no
William Harrison Graham R-PA voted no
John Dalzell R-PA voted no
James Francis Burke R-PA voted no
Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA voted no
Richard Wilson Austin R-TN voted no
Joseph Howell R-UT voted no
William Pallister Hubbard R-WV voted no
George Cookman Sturgiss R-WV voted no
Joseph Holt Gaines R-WV voted no
Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV voted no
James Anthony Hughes R-WV voted no
Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the tariff bill, H.R 1438, by…: House Vote, Apr 9, 1909,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/61-H-17/to-amend-the-tariff-bill-h-r-1438-by (accessed 2026-10-17).